Burning with fury, Skylar glued her eyes to the view of the clouds whisking by swiftly instead of the infuriatingly handsome, sexy hunk who wouldn't even look at her as they rode his private jet to Atlantic City even though he'd forced her to take the seat opposite his.He'd been focusing on his laptop, ignoring her ever since the flight begun and he claimed he was trying to woo her into exclusivity with him? The cheek of it!She didn't know she'd huffed until she felt his gaze burning into her skull. "Is everything alright, Vanilla?"Snapping her head to look at him, she etched on a grimace. "Everything is okay, thank you very much. And stop calling me that!" "Jeez, why are you so hot and bothered?" A teasing smile was playing on his lips."I am not hot and bothered." She shot at him through gritted teeth as she crossed her arms on her chest and returned her gaze to the window.But she knew he was right. She was hot and bothered and she'd been feeling that way since Friday night afte
Because Skylar knew that he was a man who was as good as his words, she clamped her mouth shut, not daring to give him anymore licence to fuel her further.Contorting her face into a deep scowl -and she did that a lot nowadays, she realized - Skylar picked her phone from the bed and launched the fruit slashing game on it, forcing herself to focus on the game instead of the illegally gorgeous man who now stood at the window talking on the phone. The towel emphasized his sexy, well defined ass, and because of how low it hung, the topmost part of the crevice that divided his asscheeks was on full display.Focus on the game, Skylar. Focus!From her peripheral vision, she saw him walk to the closet, pull something out and then disappear into the bathroom five seconds later. Finally able to breathe freely, Skylar slumped against the headboard of the bed and closed her eyes, wondering why there seemed to be no word like control nowadays when she was around Luca.Her moment of peace barely l
Skylar clenched a fistful of sand, destroying the sand castle she was building all alone when a loud shriek which seemed to be the loudest among the cacophony of several voices at the beach reached her ear.Looking up to find Blondie running off into the water while Luca made a show of chasing her, jealousy jutted it's grotesque head, far more sharply than Skylar would ever admit to. She hadn't known how much she hated platinum blondes until now, which said a lot about her disconcerted state of mind considering that her best friend, Ella, was platinum blonde.You have your freedom for the day. Let's just see how many guys you can fuck before the day ends.His words just before he'd gone off to gallivant rang in her head, and it made her grit her teeth so tightly she was surprised they didn't shatter. Just when she'd begun to feel her defences crumbling, just when she had been right on verge of giving in to his demands, he had to say that?Which man who wanted a woman the way he claim
The stupefying insult practically echoed through the whole restaurant. Voices died as heads turned their way."Excuse me?" Skylar said, bringing her outstretched arm down. She felt more poleaxed than offended by the sudden burst of antagonism from this woman she'd never met before.Anthony McGuire held his sister by the shoulder, grabbing her attention. "Sarah, what the hell are you doing?"She turned to her brother with a pained look. "It is her. She's the woman who destroyed my marriage." When she turned back to Skylar, the hate that emanated from her nearly made her flinch. "It is her.""I'm sorry, you are talking to the wrong person. I don't even know you." Skylar pointed out, startled by the accusation. As if seeing Anthony for the first time after what she'd done to him years ago wasn't enough, the woman seemed to be looking to compound her guilt."I can never forget that skin colour. That beauty you used to snatch him away from me." Her tone had gotten higher, almost hysterical
a minute after Tony had left, Skylar got up and headed for the beach. Not to look for Luca, but because she needed time and the calming effects of the waves to reflect on things.The beach wasn't even half as packed as it'd been in the afternoon since it was evening. The glow of the somewhat dark sky and the crescent moon casted on the ocean made it look like shimmering swathes of jeweled silk. Skylar chose a spot on the white sand away from the shore and sat down, gazing at the sea as it crashed and fizzled on the shores.Why was it that her past was coming back to kick her in the ass? First was the situation with Ramiro, and now this.She felt a presence beside her and looked up in time to find Luca lowering to the ground beside her. His face was a carefully formed facade of impassiveness. "How many more relationships and marriages have you destroyed?"She let out a weary sigh and turned her head away from him to look back at the sea. "The last thing I need is you judging me and my
"Come on, you've gotta give me something, Luca." Skylar pleaded obstinately as they stepped out of a restaurant. "You checked us out of the hotel, and now you've made us order takeout instead of just eating in the restaurant. What is going on?"Luca smiled at the look of innocent curiosity in her eyes. What he hadn't told her was that he'd gone grocery shopping in the afternoon when he'd forced her to review the reports he'd been given at Reynolds and Associations, New Jersey branch, and he'd already brought the items to where he intended for them to spend the rest of the trip.Even though he wanted to keep his plans a secret, the look she was giving him broke his resolve, so he raised both his hands which held their takeaway bags of food and admitted defeat. "Fine. You aren't going to relent until I tell you, are you?""You know me." She crossed her arms on her chest with a victorious look, smacking her lips in a smug manner. The action reminded him of hot, wild kisses, the kind he
After ripping off each others clothes amid hot, hungry, passionate, utterly devastating kisses, Luca swept her off her feet with her in just her panties and him in his boxer briefs, carrying her bridal style across the hall she'd barely cared to admire and took her to a room down the hallway.Placing her on the bed, he shifted his weight on the space beside her without breaking the kiss. He slid his hand down her stomach, lower and lower. His hand travelled past the waist band of her panties, gliding through damp curls until his fingers finally reached their destination.A raspy moan tore from her throat when a gentle finger slipped into the fissure of her weeping sex. What little control she'd had on her emotions was gone; it couldn't exist beside such exquisite pleasure.He added a second finger, then a third, moaning along with her as though the sound of her pleasure gave him his. Finally breaking their kiss, his lips trailed along her jaw to her neck then lower, leaving feiry ting
The warm sunlight on Skylar's skin woke her up slowly. Opening her eyes and blinking to adjust her eyes to the light filtering through the curtains, she stretched her arm out to hold the man she thought was beside her, only to embrace a pillow.The panic that snapped through her was instant. Jerking up, she looked around the room, and not finding him, felt the cold arms of shock and denial as they wrapped around her. No he couldn't have left her just like that. He'd said he wanted something more than a one night stand.Trying to trample the doubts that scourged her mind, she got out of the bed and out of the room. Her fears dissipated when the delicious smell of coffee filtered through her nostrils together with the captivating smell of other aromas. Her stomach rumbled and she suddenly remembered that this was Luca's beach house and not her house.She let her savour trail her towards the mouthwatering scent, admiring the interior of the house as she went. The immediate view when you